Ayn Rand is an Asshole

Yeah, I said it. I usually try to be fair and open minded, but that chick teaches a really ugly philosophy. I also prefer not to result to cursing at anyone, even dead people, if I can help it. But there’s no getting around the basic fact that Ayn Rand’s Read more…

On Secrecy and Stargates

I’ve been watching old episodes of Stargate via Netflix and I started thinking about the whole “keeping the Stargate a secret” thing. At first, this made sense for the show and reality. An unknown device that no one really understands, but can take you to other worlds. Yeah, that would Read more…

On Ships and Communication

The testing of STO’s conversion to F2P continues on the Tribble test server. The Devs have been releasing information every so often in the form of Dev Blogs. Most of been pretty blah, but the two most recent ones raised some questions. Dev Blog 9 In this posting, the new Read more…

Why I Like Taxes

Over the last week I’ve been trying to iron out what the tax rules will be for me as I go into the book writing business. I’ll have no income of my own this year, so haven’t thought about. But with an actual plan in place for getting the book Read more…

Grey Gecko Press

Last night I signed a contract to have my book published through Grey Gecko Press. While this is a small start-up publisher, I’ve been sold on the founder’s, Jason, vision. GGP is very much a hybrid between the traditional big house publisher and self-publication. At first I was skeptical of Read more…

Break-up Averted

Well, it seems Netflix will not be divorcing itself. Last month, Netflix announced that it’s Streaming and DVD-by-mail service would be separating, and that the DVD’s would change it’s name to Qwikster. But it seems the two have found a way to work out their differences and stay together. For Read more…